OnePlus has started rolling the OxygenOS 5.1.7 update for the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T to fix the Bluetooth issues that were witnessed in both the handsets after the company rolled the OxygenOS 5.1.7 update in October. After frequent complaint from users, OnePlus has started rolling this update with the October Security patch and with improvised Bluetooth stability for phone calls and connectivity in cars.
Now coming to the size of the new firmware, it’s around 38MB for those who have already updated their Smartphone to the OxygenOS 5.1.6 and for those who have not installed this update before, they will have a bigger size of update. According to the screenshot shared by a Reddit user, the size of the OxygenOS 5.1.6 will be about 1622 MB. Being this update rolled over the Air for the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T users, so they might get the update notification in their Smartphone at any time. To check the status of the notification, go to Settings > Updates > Check for Updates.
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As OnePlus has confirmed in its official forum, the OxygenOS 5.1.7 hot fix update will sort out almost all issues which were claimed by the users who had updated their Smartphone to the OxygenOS 5.1.6. This update also includes the October Android security patch, 4G VoLTE support on Indian Idea Cellular network and official Project Treble support.
Now for those who are not aware of what’s Project Treble, for their information, Project Treble allows Android Smartphone OEMs to quickly release software updates devoid of any major tweaking. OnePlus also just of late announced that it’s recently working on the Android 9.0 Pie Software which is supposed to get released for the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T soon. However, OnePlus also confirmed that being the developers are on work to develop the Android Pie OS for the said devices, so it’s yet to take some time. So users of the said handset have to wait some pretty more time.